Join us for PSAE's Annual Arts Integration Conference!

Before you close the book on the '23-'24 school year, start planning for your professional development needs in October! Consider planning to attend PSAE's LOOKING AHEAD: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ARTS INTEGRATION October 21-22 in beautiful Summerville, SC!

A great way to attend to the Conference is by putting together a team from your school! Here's what frequent attendee Lori Patterson had to say about bringing a team from Pine Street School to the Conference each year:

The PSAE Annual Conference uniquely brings together arts specialists, grade-level teachers, subject-area educators, administrators, and teaching artists to enhance student learning through the arts. Pine Street School sends a team yearly, who attend various sessions and share insights. The conference inspires our educators with ideas and connections for rigorous, standards-based learning, enriching students' experiences.

Interested in sharing your expertise on topics related to arts in education?

Looking Ahead: Shaping the Future of Arts Integration invites participants to discuss and learn about an education landscape where the integration of arts is not only commonplace, but also essential for preparing students for the challenges and opportunities of the future.

Do you have best practices in your classroom or school that produce student achievement in the arts? Do you have an awesome arts integration lesson you're dying to share? Are you an arts educator looking for a wider audience to share your craft with? Then consider submitting a proposal to present at PSAE's Annual Arts Integration Conference! We are looking for presentations in the following categories:

• Arts Integration
• Arts Education (all disciplines)
• STEAM Education
• Leadership (District Arts Coordinators and Principals)

Calling all Arts Administrators and Principals of Arts-Focused Schools!! Join us for our last Joint Arts Administrators Institute event of the year!!

Join us on Wednesday, June 19, at the Orangeburg Fine Arts Center as we finish our series of professional development on elevating arts education through the lens of leadership and administration! For our final event, we will be discussing the components of a successful arts department (examples in music, visual arts, dance, and theater)! Learn what other schools and districts find as successful (and maybe hear about some hard-learned lessons along the way!) Participants will also hear from Roger Simpson, SCDE, as he discusses the Distinguished Arts Program (DAP Grants)!

Do you know a talented educator that deserves recognition for their work in arts education?

Nominate them for one of our awards!

Palmetto State Arts Education (PSAE) is a network of professionals connecting all educators in the advancement of student learning in and through the arts.

South Carolina Arts Alliance

Greetings from the South Carolina Arts Alliance!

Please mark your calendars for SC Arts Day 2025 and join as at the State House on February 13 of next year. Registration and details forthcoming this fall! 

While the General Assembly is wrapping things up in the next month, you can still stay plugged into our advocacy work all year long by becoming a FREE member of the SCAA, and check out all of the free advocacy resources on our website, scartsalliance.com.

Legislative Update

The last day of the SC legislative session was May 9th, but legislators are set to return after the June 11th primary elections to finalize the budget. As the House and Senator settle their budget differences over the next few weeks in Conference Committee, we can really use your help encouraging members to support the higher, House version of arts funding. 

To make it easy to advocate, we’ve set up a campaign – but we encourage you to add your own stories about the impact of arts education in your schools and communities. 

In Washington, Congress finally passed their FY24 budget back in March, funding the National Endowment for the Arts at the Senate level of $207 million. Work has already begun on the FY25 budget, which means there are lots of opportunities for advocates to contact your legislators and ensure that the arts continue to be supported at the Federal level.

We’re focused on a few key items:

• Support for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at $211 million each.
• Support for Arts Education through the Department of Education’s ESAA funding, and through sponsorship of the Arts Education for All Act.

You can read more about each of these and contact your legislators here.

Finally, it’s a big election year, with all 124 SC House seats, all 46 SC Senate seats, and all 7 US Congress seats on the ballot. We’ve compiled candidate and voting information at our Election HQ, and will continue to add resources as we get closer to the general election.

Jeff Robinson

Executive Director

SC Arts Alliance

Email Jeff

ARTS ACCESS South Carolina, SPRING ARTISTS TRAINING (S.A.T)

Saturday JUNE 15, 2024

10:00-12:00 noon, it’s a ZOOM Meeting!

We are the arts in special education, (AIES) residency experts! Want to learn from the BEST? Sign-Up for S.A.T with AASC! Artists Training is on JUNE 15, 2024.

Arts Access South Carolina is the ONLY Statewide, Non-Profit Arts Organization in South

Carolina with the mission of creating a society where people with disabilities can learn

through, participate, and enjoy the arts in an inclusive educational setting.

Proudly Serving 38 YEARS! Check out Arts Access South Carolina's website for more information!

The arts education services include partnerships with schools and community organizations for the following: one day-artists visits, multiple week-long residencies, workshops, afterschool programs, evening classes, zoom classes and festivals!

Programs are offered in the following formats: hybrid, virtual, and/or face to face. 

AASC priority is to continue to practice Covid safety protocol in face-face formats. Programs are supported in part from the SC Arts Commission which is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Activities can be inclusive or self-contained. Interested schools/educators/ and community service organizations must contact

Executive Director, Julia M Brown-DuBose. Check out new contact information below!!